Padarath: WASA repaired more than 30,000 pipeline leaks in one year

The Min­istry of Pub­lic Util­i­ties has re­port­ed that 30,709 pipeline leaks were re­paired across Trinidad and To­ba­go be­tween April 2025 and April 2026.

In a so­cial me­dia post, Min­is­ter of Pub­lic Util­i­ties Bar­ry Padarath said the re­pairs were car­ried out by the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) and its front­line teams as part of ef­forts to im­prove wa­ter ser­vice de­liv­ery and strength­en in­fra­struc­ture na­tion­wide.

Ac­cord­ing to the fig­ures re­leased, the South West dis­trict record­ed the high­est num­ber of re­pairs with 6,222 leaks fixed, fol­lowed by the North West with 5,975 and Cen­tral with 5,935.

The North East dis­trict ac­count­ed for 4,683 re­pairs, while 4,270 leaks were re­paired in the South East dis­trict. In To­ba­go, WASA crews re­paired 3,624 pipeline leaks dur­ing the pe­ri­od.

Padarath said the re­pairs rep­re­sent­ed more than rou­tine main­te­nance, de­scrib­ing them as part of the Gov­ern­ment's com­mit­ment to im­prov­ing ser­vice re­li­a­bil­i­ty, re­duc­ing wa­ter loss and strength­en­ing the coun­try's wa­ter in­fra­struc­ture.

He added that the Min­istry and WASA con­tin­ue to work across Trinidad and To­ba­go to im­prove ser­vice de­liv­ery for cit­i­zens.